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The Foley family, GlobalPost, government authorities and private security consultants had been investigating Foley's whereabouts and attempting to secure his release, the article added.

Samsung isn't alone in attempting to secure a foothold in the burgeoning IoT space.

The DA is again attempting to secure the Democratic and Republican nominations, and is running unopposed.

He was still attempting to secure additional information regarding the manner in which the civilians had been killed".

Eter also had a more self-interested motivation: he was attempting to secure permanent immigration status in Germany.

Duff & Phelps, the administrators, are attempting to secure a rescue deal for BHS and its 11,000 workers.

(Tony's elder brother, Alan, died aged 30 in a work-related accident while attempting to secure a dam in Tasmania).

Kinnear, though, seems to have enough on his plate, attempting to secure Newcatle's first signing of the summer.

Unaoil represented Rolls-Royce in Kazakhstan from 2008, attempting to secure a contract to contribute to the China-Kazakhstan pipeline.

"They take a very aggressive approach, extra territoriality - and they have been attempting to secure Mr McKinnon's body for close to ten years next month," he said.

Mr Cameron has been attempting to secure cooperation on international trade deals worth billions, but has faced criticism for not addressing human rights concerns with the Chinese President.